Target Acquisition and Analysis Training System: Comparison of Two Training Media Using the Basic Combat Vehicle Identification (CVI) Training Program

摘要

The Basic Combat Vehicle Identification (CVI) Training Program (GTRA 17-2-9) currently in use by the Army is an effective training program, which uses the Kodak Carousel 35 mm slide projector system, a system available to the lowest-echelon Army unit. The system has many disadvantages, however, and these motivated research to develop and test an alternative system using audio filmstrips. Soldiers were trained on both the filmstrip and the slide systems. The result was that soldiers identified significantly more combat vehicles after one training period with the filmstrip system than after one training period with the slide system. After a second training period, soldiers who received the filmstrip first and the slide system second showed no significant performance change, but the soldiers who saw the slide system first and then saw the fimstrip showed a significant improvement in performance. User evaluation by all ranks (E1 to E6) after training on each system resulted in the audio filmstrip being rated significantly higher than the slide system for ease of instructor use (e.g. mobility, classroom set-up, and instructor preparation), and in terms of pupil satisfaction margin when stating which medium they would prefer for future training.